This week in The Criterion
May 30, 2008 issue
The latest edition of The Criterion has been printed and is on its way to subscribers! But with this e-newsletter, you'll get a preview of that issue -- and access to certain stories right now.
The contents of this newsletter are:
- A listing of the full contents of the print edition
- Items of Interest
- Web-only Features
- National and World News you may have missed
- Links to the daily readings
Full Contents
Local stories:
- Humbled to
serve others: Deacon Joseph Newton’s
call to priesthood came
early in his life
- Hope and redemption at heart of 55-year-old
college graduate’s remarkable journey
- 55 years later, Williams finally gets his college diploma
- Future deacons discuss being married and being ordained
- National Directory sheds light
on deacons and marriage
- Myths and facts about immigration: Why is the Church so
concerned about immigration?
- Meet our future deacons
- Michael East
- Ronald Stier
- Answering the Call: Teachers committed to
sharing gift of faith with
high school students
- Four are honored for completing Ecclesial Lay Ministry program
- Archbishop announces clergy, parish assignments
Regular local features:
- Seeking the Face of the Lord: Vocations are special graces derived from perpetual adoration
- Buscando la Cara del Señor: Las vocaciónes son gracias especiales que se derivan de la adoración perpetua
- Editorial: The Church and global warming
- From the Editor Emeritus: Possible saints - On the road to canonization
- Cornucopia: Pray America remains what so proudly we hail
- Faithful Lines: Tips for better life: Plan and live each day well
- Faith and Family: Plan to take a
spiritual journey
this summer
- Letters to the Editor
- ‘Myths and facts about immigration’ not
telling the entire story, reader says
- New bioethics column, other features
help readers live out Church’s teachings
- Events Calendar
- Obituaries
- My Journey to God: Witness
Catholic News Service:
- Fewer youths
will attend
World Youth
Day than in previous years
- Vatican official: Rise in food prices threatens lives of 1 billion
- Conference examines Homeland Security’s handling of immigration
- Federal court criticized for upholding ‘gruesome’ abortion method
- Catholic leaders pray accord will improve conditions for farmworkers
- Column: Fire in the clinic!
- The Sunday Readings: Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time
- Question Corner: Mortal sin is grave offense,
venial sin is less serious
FaithAlive!
- Commitment to follow Christ manifests itself in prayer
- Discussion Point: Focus on real presence of Christ
Items of Interest
Here are a couple of items that may be of particular interest to you -- and you can get them online right now!
Humbled to serve others: Deacon Joseph Newton’s call to priesthood came early in his life
Joseph Lawrence Newton’s path to the priesthood has been a 13-year journey in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati and Archdiocese of Indianapolis with a side trip to Los Angeles, where he wrote stories for a classic car magazine for four years. Family members and friends describe him as an intellectual man who loves God and wants to spend his life helping people. (Page 1)
Read the story
Archbishop announces clergy, parish assignments
Check our listings to see if a priest or parish life coordinator that you know is getting a new assignment. (Page 2)
See the new parish assignments
Answering the call: Teachers committed to sharing gift of faith with high school students
They represent the new wave of Catholic teachers, educators who have felt the call to share their spiritual and intellectual gifts with this generation of high school students. As another school year nears its end, here’s a look at seven teachers from across the archdiocese who strive to help students learn and grow during an important part of their lives. The teachers were chosen based on recommendations from administrators at each high school. (Page 9)
Read the story
Meet our future deacons
On June 28, history will be made at SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral in Indianapolis when 25 men from central and southern Indiana become the first permanent deacons ordained for the Archdiocese of Indianapolis. This week’s issue of The Criterion continues a series of profiles of these men that will be published in the weeks leading up to that important day. (Page 7)
Read the introduction | Michael East | Ronald Stier | Deacon website
Web-only features
Parish festival listing -- all summer long
Our parish festival listings were included in last week's Vacation/Travel Supplement, but we keep them up all summer, posting periodic corrections and additions. Got a spare weekend? Check our listings at any time via the link below to see where the fun will be each week.
Go to our parish festival listing
National and world news you may have missed...
Here's a sampling of some news stories that ran on our website this past week or so that you may have missed. Click the headline to see the story:
Daily Readings
Thursday, May 29
1 Peter 2:2-5, 9-12
Psalm 100:2-5
Mark 10:46-52
Friday, May 30
The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus
Deuteronomy 7:6-11
Psalm 103:1-4, 6-8, 10
1 John 4:7-16
Matthew 11:25-30
Saturday, May 31
The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Zephaniah 3:14-18a
or Romans 12:9-16
(Response) Isaiah 12:2-3, 4b-6
Luke 1:39-56
Monday, June 2
Marcellinus, martyr
Peter, martyr
2 Peter 1:2-7
Psalm 91:1-2, 14-16
Mark 12:1-12
Tuesday, June 3
Charles Lwanga, martyr
and his companions, martyrs
2 Peter 3:12-15a, 17-18
Psalm 90:2-4, 10, 14, 16
Mark 12:13-17
Wednesday, June 4
2 Timothy 1:1-3, 6-12
Psalm 123:1-2
Mark 12:18-27
Thursday, June 5
Boniface, bishop and martyr
2 Timothy 2:8-15
Psalm 25:4-5b, 8-10, 14
Mark 12:28-34
Friday, June 6
Norbert, bishop
2 Timothy 3:10-17
Psalm 119:157, 160-161,
165-166, 168
Mark 12:35-37
Saturday, June 7
2 Timothy 4:1-8
Psalm 71:8-9, 14-15b, 16-17, 22
Mark 12:38-44
Sunday, June 8
Tenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Hosea 6:3-6
Psalm 50:1, 8, 12-15
Romans 4:18-25
Matthew 9:9-13
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